Weight-lifter Lovchev gets four-year ban over doping abuse

May 17, 12:08UTC+3MOSCOW MOSCOW May, 14. /TASSRussian weight-lifter, world champion Aleksey Lovchev is disqualified for four years by the International Weightlifting Federation for violating anti-doping rules

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Aleksey Lovchev

MOSCOW, May 14. /TASS/. Russian weight-lifter Aleksey Lovchev, the gold medalist of the 2015 World Championships in Houston, has been disqualified for four years by the International Weightlifting Federation for violating anti-doping rules.

At the end of last December Lovchev, a world champion and record holder, was temporarily barred from competitions on the suspicion he was in breach of anti-doping rules. His A-sample taken at the world championships in Houston proved to contain traces of ipamorelin - a substance that stimulates the production of growth hormones. Later, it was announced that his B-sample opened in Montreal, tested positive, too.

"Yesterday evening I received a notification from the IWF of my four-year disqualification," Lovchev told TASS.

Also, he announced his intention to protest against the decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne.

"I disagree with the IWF disqualification," Lovchev said. "Together with my lawyer we will appeal the ruling at the CAS. We have all reasons for doing that."